Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) on page III-65, in the bill pattern for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program. Contingent on enactment of HB 4363, or similar legislation relating to the establishment of a scholarship program for aspiring classroom teachers, by the Eighty-Eighth Legislature, Regular Session, the Higher Education Coordinating Board shall implement the provisions of the bill out of funds appropriated to the agency in Strategy B.3.1, Improving Educator Quality and Leadership. Any unexpended balances on hand at the end of fiscal year 2024 are appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2025.